Dare

Katya

Twenty hours later

"Your phone is ringing again, should I ask the tech security to block the number?"

I stood together with Kyrian, my eyes focused on the arrow on the elevator screen moving upwards.

I massaged the back of my neck and took in a heavy breath, parting my lips slowly.

"No, leave it." I knew who it was, the same contact that had been calling when I got home after that energy sucking meeting with Carlos.

The man who didn't take my silence for a hint and had come himself to the house,

Ferrara De Castello.

My eyes burned as I stared at the screen, and I hoped that the concealer I used had succeeded in masking the dark circles under my eye bags.

I wouldn't want to visit the sick, looking like a zombie who had come to take their lives.

The doors slid open, and Kyrian stepped out first, quickly scanning the hallway before gesturing me towards it.

I would have preferred to come alone, but he had been worried after I returned last night, drenched and shivering, witho